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Open verdict on man’s death after pub night out
AN OPEN verdict has been recorded on a Clare man who died the morning after a night out at a pub in the town.
Paul Linnett, aged 33, was found dead at his home at The Granary last August, a Bury St Edmunds inquest heard on Tuesday. The inquest heard that Mr Linnett had been involved in a scuffle with a man he met at the pub on the night before his death, but had received no physical injuries that may have contributed towards his death in any way.
Pathologist Dr Barry Cottrell said Mr Linnett had high levels of alcohol in his blood, almost twice the drink driving limit, but not enough to have caused a coma on its own. However he also had more than six times the normal level of the pain-relieving drug Coproxamol, which would cause a deep coma. Mr Linnet also bad a very enlarged heart, more than twice normal size, which could have caused him to collapse and die at any time.
Coroner Dr Peter Dean said his open verdict was the only appropriate one, as although Mr Linnett had very high levels of alcohol and painkillers in his blood there was no evidence that he intended to harm himself. “There does remain some unanswered and unanswerable questions about why he took so many tablets however…his death was very sad and completely unexpected,” Dr Dean said.
Date : 09-01-2003
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